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Green planners envision new approach to development ELLSWORTH — The Green Plan, an ambitious roadmap to what its contributors view as a sustainable future for the city, touches on many quality-of-life issues around water, food and farming, infrastructure and land. A break-out public online forum on March 4 focused on land. The night before, the plan’s community liaison, Mary Blackstone, spoke to the Planning Board on some of the proposal’s recommendations. The 50 pages on land heavily focus on the “green” in the plan, detailing recommendations for conserving 50 percent of all Ellswo...

Flood Insurance Changes Could Spike Costs Marlborough Enterprise (MA) As the Federal Emergency Management Agency works to compensate for more than 50 years of mispriced flood insurance, those likely to be hurt most are the ones least equipped to handle unexpected expenses – middle-class and low-income homeowners. Scheduled to take effect in October is a major overhaul of FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program – the biggest change to the program's methodology since 1968. Experts say the recalibration of premiums will be representative of a structure's actuarial flood risk. In other words,...

Lawmakers propose 5-year extension of Maine’s lobster marketing group The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative’s 5-year authorization is set to expire in October, but one official says the group's work is more important than ever. Share A year after the coronavirus pandemic devastated Maine’s usual lobster markets, and as the industry braces for yet another onslaught of changes brought about by right whale regulations, state legislators are proposing a bill to reauthorize the organization that markets Maine’s signature shellfish for at least five more years. The Maine Lobster Market...

As FEMA prepares to roll-out its "Risk Rating 2.0," many experts fear flood insurance premiums will become a major issue for some homeowners.

Program seeks to restore salmon EAST MACHIAS — Bolstered by a recent federal grant, the Peter Gray Parr Project continues its work to restore the Atlantic salmon in Maine waters.  The species remains endangered in the United States and according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, “the last wild populations of U.S. Atlantic salmon are found in at least eight rivers in Maine.”  The Peter Gray Parr Project closely mimics the way juvenile salmon, known as parr, which are older and bigger than fry, are raised in the wild. It has been used by the Downeast...